GREEN BAY, Wis. – Defensive coordinators used to be scared to blitz the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers would pick it apart.
Not so much anymore.
Through nine games, Rodgers has been blitzed at what would be the highest rate of his career if it holds up through the end of the season. According to ESPN Stats & Information, opposing defenses have blitzed – defined as five or more pass rushers – on 32.5 percent of the Packers’ dropbacks this season. That’s the 12th-highest rate in the NFL.
Last season, opponents blitzed the Packers on just 25.